War and Peace and Andrew Davies

Have you heard that Andrew Davies is adapting War and Peace into a six hour television miniseries? Davies is responsible for some of my very favourite adaptations – Wives and Daughters (1999), Vanity Fair (1998), and, of course, Pride and Prejudice (1995) – andI cannot wait to see how this turns out. Having seen how wonderfully he handled both Elizabeth Bennet and Becky Sharp, I trust Davies to do full justice to the entirely charming Natasha.

It is exciting but I doubt it will help to fill your Downton-less television schedule: the project has only just been announced so it will still be a long time before it comes together – more than enough time for another season or two of Downton Abbey! But, in the meantime, you can always work through some of Davies’ other work: Bleak House, the new American-version of House of Cards, The Way We Live Now…the list goes on!